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CONTAINER FOR MAKING TEA AND THE SAME
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a container, and inore particularly to a
container for making tea, coffee and the same, which keeps tea leaves or
milled
coffee in water and prevents the tea leaves or coffee powder from pouring out.
2. Description of Related Art
As shown in FIG. 8, a conventional container for making tea in
accordance with the prior art comprises a body 7 with a receiving space 71
longitudinally defined therein. The receiving space 71 extends to a top of the
body 7 to define an opening 711. A filter cup 8 is receiving in an upper
portion
of the receiving space 71 for receiving tea leaves. A cover 9 is detachably
secured to the top of the body 7 for closing the opening 711 in the body 7.
When making tea, some tea leaves B is put into the filter cup 8 and the
hot water is poured into the receiving space 71 via the filter cup 8 for
dipping
the tea leaves B. The tea leaves B can fully stretch in the filter cup 8. The
tea is
finished when the tea leaves fully stretch.
However, the filter cup 8 is received in the upper portion of the
receiving space 71 so that the height of the level of the hot water must
higher
that that of the tea leaves for fully dipping tea leaves B. As a result, the
tea
leaves B may not be fully dipped in the hot water when the water is drunken in
the dip process and the tea in the body 7 is always thin as shown in FIG. 9.
In addition, the openings of the filter cup 8 and the body 7 are in the
same direction so that the tea leaves inay move into the mouth of the drinker
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with the tea during drinking. Consequently, the drinker n-iay feel
uncoinfortable.
The present invention has arisen to niitigate and/or obviate the
disadvantages of the conventional container for making tea.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The main objective of the present invention is to provide an iinproved
container. The container can dip tea leaves well and prevent the tea leaves
moved into the user's mouth during drinking.
To achieve the objective, a container in accordance with the present
invention comprises a body having a receiving space therein and a first
opening
and a second opening at opposite sides of the receiving space. The first
opening
has a diameter smaller than that of the second opening. A first cap is
detachably
secured to the body to close the first opening. On an interior side of the
first cap
has a first inner threaded section, a pad, which is made of a soft material
for
waterproof, a disk having a post and an aperture and a second inner threaded
section. A filter cup is detachably mounted in the receiving space of the body
adjacent to the second opening. The filter cup has an opening facing the
second
opening of the body and a protrusion on an exterior surface thereof to
position
the filter cup at the second opening of the body.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become
apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate
reference to the accoinpanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. I is a perspective view of a first preferred ei-nbodiment of the
present invention;
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Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the first preferred embodiment of the
present invention;
Fig. 3 is a front view of the first preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are perspective view of the first preferred embodiment
of the present invention in use;
Fig. 6 is an enlarged view in part of the first preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
Fig. 7 is an exploded perspective view in part of a second preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are sectional views of the conventional container.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings and initially to Figs. 1-6, a container in
accordance with the present invention comprises a body 1 having a receiving
space 2 longitudinally defined therein and extending therethrough to define a
first opening 21 on a top 11 of the body 1 and a second opening 22 in a bottom
12 of the body 1. The first opening 21 has a diameter smaller than that of the
receiving space 2. The body I has a first threaded section 211 and a second
threaded section 221 on an outer periphery of the body 1. The first threaded
section 211 and the second threaded section 221 respectively correspond to the
first opening 21 and the second opening 22. A first cap 3 and a second cap 4
are
provided to close the first opening 21 and the second opening 22. In the
present
pi-eferred embodiment, the first cap 3 has an inner threaded section 311 on an
interior side 31 thereof to be engaged with the first threaded section 211 of
the
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body 1, a pad 32, which is made of a soft material, such as silicon gel for
leakproof, a disk 33 with an aperture 331, a wall 312, which has an inner
thread,
to be engaged with a top cap 34. The pad 32 has a gap 321 for gas flowing
through the aperture 331.The gap 321 is at the bottom of a hemisphere section
322,the hemisphere section 322 , which is at the bottom of the pad 32.The pad
32 has a post 323 for taking out.
A filter cup 5, which has a metal net and plural posts, is received in a
lower portion of the receiving space 2 for containing tea leaves A and has an
opening 51 defined to correspond the second opening 22 in the bottom 12 of the
body 1. The second opening 22 of the body I and the opening 51 of the filter
cup 5 are located at same level. An annular protrusion 52 outwardly extends
from the filter cup 5 and abuts the bottom 12 of the body 1. The annular
protrusion 52 has a diameter greater than that of the bottom 12 of the body 1
to
be attached on the body 1 around the second opening 22. The second cap 4 is
screwed for engagement with the second threaded section 221 to be secured to
the body 1. The protrusion 52 of the filter cup 5 is located at between the
body 1
and the second cap 4.
In a normal condition, the filter cup 5 is located at a lower portion of the
receiving space 2 of the body 1. In the present preferred embodiment, a
lcakproof'elcmcnt 41 is mounted on the protrusion 52 for sealing of the second
opening 22. The leakproof element 41 prevents water in the receiving space 2
from leakage and prevents tea leaves from accumulation in the second threaded
section 221. As a result, it is tighter between the protrusion 52 and the
second
cap 4.
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As shown in Fig. 4, the container of the present invention is turned
upside down for the opening 51 of the filter cup 5 at top, loose the second
cup 4
and then put tea leaves A and hot water into the filter cup 5. After that the
second cap 4 is screwed back, and then turns the container upside down again
to
the normal condition, in which the opening 51 of the filter cup 5 is at
bottom.
The filter cup 5 traps the tea leaves A therein, which makes the tea leaves A
being restricted in the lower portion of the receiving space 2, so that the
tea
leaves A will always be dipped in water.
As shown in Fig. 5, the pad 32 and the leakproof element 41 can provide
an airtight condition of the cap 4, the body 1 and the cover 5 so that the hot
water in the receiving space 2 should never leak when the body 1 is shocked.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second cap 4
has a diameter equal to that of the body 1 for providing an integral
appearance.
The first opening 21 has a diameter smaller than that of the second opening 22
that facilitates people drinking tea or coffee via the first opening 21. The
filter
cup 5 traps the tea leaves A therein, so that the tea leaves A will never get
out
while the container is tilted to pour tea out.
The gas in the receiving space 2 will expand due to the temperature of
the hot water in the body 1. The expanding air will push the pad 32 outwardly
and open the gap 321. In the present preferred embodiment, the hot gas can
escape therethrough due to the gap 321 is at the bottom of the hemisphere
section 322. As shown in Fig.6, after the hot gas escaping out, the cold gas
flows back into the receiving space 2 of the container via the gap 321 again
to
adjust the pressure in the receiving space 2. As a result, there is no
pressure
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problem in the receiving space 2, which makes the first cap 3 hard to screw
because of the variety of pressure in the receiving space 2 while the water
getting cold. The container of the present invention can make tea, coffee, dry
flower and so on.
Figs. 7 show a second embodiment of a container in accordance with the
present invention, in which the container has a first cap 3 and a disk 33
having a
block 333 and an opening portion 334 through the disk 33. A first tube 335 is
connected to the opening portion 334 of the disk 33 and received in a body 1
and a second tube 336 is connected to the opening portion 334 of the disk 33
opposite to the first tube 335 that people can drink tea or coffee in the body
I via
the second tube 336. A top cap 34 is pivotally connected to the first cap 3
and
has a block 341 at a bottom side thereof. The blocks 332 and 341 compress the
second tube 336 therebetween to store the second tube between the disk 33 and
the top cap 34.
In conclusion, the container of the present invention has double
openings and the filter cup 5 is located at the lower portion of the receiving
space 2 in the normal condition. The tea leaves A are trapped in the filter
cup 5
to always sink the tea leaves A in the water. The gap 321 of the pad 32 is
sealed
in the normal condition and is open while the container has hot water in the
receiving space 2 to flow the steam out for adjustment of the pressure in the
receiving space 2. The first opening 21 is smaller than the second opening 22.
The first opening 21 is designated as an opening that people drinks the drink
in
the container. The second opening 22 is designated as an opening that people
fill water in the container. The container of the present invention
facilitates user
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to use and carry in any place and in any activity.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred
embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and
variations can be made witllout departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention as hereinafler claimed.
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